European standards are integral to the internal market: They erase the confusion and inefficiency caused by divergent national standards and allow Member States to compete on a level playing field. In order to strengthen European standards, the European Commission welcomes small and medium-sized enterprises to offer their ideas and insights.

Small and medium-sized enterprises, or SMEs, can now help shape the process of standardisation. Standards will be drawn up more quickly and transparently to advance a recent reform of the European standardization system.